Bill Text: NH SB358 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to eligibility for free admission to the state park system for members of the armed forces.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-20 - Senate Signed by the Governor on 06/20/2012; Chapter 0277; Effective 06/20/2012 [SB358 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2012-SB358-Introduced.html
SB 358-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
09/04
SENATE BILL 358-FN
AN ACT expanding eligibility for free admission to the state park system to certain members and their families and retired members of the armed forces.
SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 7; Sen. Lambert, Dist 13; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Forsythe, Dist 4; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Groen, Dist 6; Sen. Luther, Dist 12; Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. White, Dist 9; Rep. Bettencourt, Rock 4; Rep. O'Brien, Hills 4; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3
This bill expands eligibility for free admission to the state park system to certain members and their families and retired members of the armed forces.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2925
09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT expanding eligibility for free admission to the state park system to certain members and their families and retired members of the armed forces.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Free Admission to State Park System for Certain Active and Retired Members of the Armed Forces. Amend RSA 216-A:3-g, V(a)-(c) to read as follows:
(a) Any active member of [a federally recognized unit of the New Hampshire national guard] the armed forces who is a legal resident of this state, and who meets the minimum requirements for satisfactory membership, as defined in [the United States Department of the Army and the United States Department of the Air Force] federal regulations[, and is serving in pay grades E1 through E6] shall not be charged a fee for admission to the state park system. This section shall apply to members of the Active Guard and Reserve program in the New Hampshire national guard.
(b) Any retired member of the armed forces who is a New Hampshire [national guard member] resident [who retired in pay grade E6 or below] shall not be charged a fee for day-use admission to the state park system.
(c) Any active member of the armed forces who is home on leave from active duty shall not be charged an admission fee to the state park system during the time of leave for the member, the member’s spouse, and the member’s children.
(d) Any fees for the use of enterprise activities as described in paragraph II of this section shall be charged.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
12-2925
12/01/11
SB 358-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT expanding eligibility for free admission to the state park system to certain members and their families and retired members of the armed forces.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Resources and Economic Development states this bill will decrease state restricted revenue by an indeterminable amount in FY 2012 and each year thereafter. There is no fiscal impact on state, county and local expenditures, or county and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Resources and Economic Development states this bill clarifies the fees charged to members of the US armed forces for entrance to state parks. The Department states it is not able to determine the number of active, retired, or honorable discharged members of the US uniformed services, who are residents of NH or their spouses and dependent children that would take advantage of the free admission to the state parks to determine by how much revenue would decrease. DRED does know that 2,277 NH National Guard and NH disabled vets received free admission to NH parks through September 29, 2011.
